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Hal Newhouser
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Birthdate: 5/20/1921
Died: 11/10/1998
Height / Weight: 6' 2" / 192 lbs.
Place of Birth: Detroit, MI, USA
Bats / Throws: L / L

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Hal Newhouser is the only pitcher in baseball history to win the Most Valuable Player Award two years in a row, 1944-1945. Newhouser dominated the American League in 1944 when he was 29-9 with an ERA of 2.22. He came back the next season and he went 25-9 with an outstanding 1.81 ERA. With his fastball and great slider, Hal Newhouser was 118-46 including 25 shutouts in a five year period, 1944-1948. In 1946, he had a 26-9 record and an ERA of 1.94. In 1948 he again won 21 games. In the 1945 World Series vs. the Cubs, Newhouser won two games and lost one.

Hal Newhouser was elected to the 'Hall of Fame' in 1992. Newhouser's career record was 207-150 with an ERA of 3.06.  

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Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1939 DET (AL) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0 3 3 3 0 4 0 4 3 0 0 5.40
1940 DET (AL) 28 20 9 9 0 7 0 133.1 149 81 72 12 76 0 89 1 2 1 4.86
1941 DET (AL) 33 27 9 11 0 5 1 173.0 166 109 92 6 137 0 106 5 1 0 4.79
1942 DET (AL) 38 23 8 14 5 11 1 183.2 137 73 50 4 114 0 103 2 2 0 2.45
1943 DET (AL) 37 25 8 17 1 10 1 195.2 163 88 66 3 111 0 144 3 0 1 3.04
1944 DET (AL) 47 34 29 9 2 25 6 312.1 264 94 77 6 102 0 187 4 1 2 2.22
1945 DET (AL) 40 36 25 9 2 29 8 313.1 239 73 63 5 110 0 212 10 0 2 1.81
1946 DET (AL) 37 34 26 9 1 29 6 292.2 215 77 63 10 98 0 275 8 1 0 1.94
1947 DET (AL) 40 36 17 17 2 24 3 285.0 268 105 91 9 110 0 176 11 2 0 2.87
1948 DET (AL) 39 35 21 12 1 19 2 272.1 249 109 91 10 99 0 143 5 1 0 3.01
1949 DET (AL) 38 35 18 11 1 22 3 292.0 277 118 109 19 111 0 144 3 0 0 3.36
1950 DET (AL) 35 30 15 13 3 15 1 213.2 232 110 103 23 81 0 87 4 4 0 4.34
1951 DET (AL) 15 14 6 6 0 7 1 96.1 98 47 42 10 19 0 37 1 3 1 3.92
1952 DET (AL) 25 19 9 9 0 8 0 154.0 148 72 64 13 47 0 57 3 0 0 3.74
1953 DET (AL) 7 4 0 1 1 0 0 21.2 31 22 17 4 8 0 6 1 2 0 7.06
1954 CLE (AL) 26 1 7 2 7 0 0 46.2 34 16 13 3 18 0 25 0 0 0 2.51
1955 CLE (AL) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0.00
17 years   488 374 207 150 26 212 33 2993.0 2674 1197 1016 137 1249 1 1796 65 19 7 3.06
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1939 DET (AL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1940 DET (AL) 28 40 3 8 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 .200 .256 SLG
1941 DET (AL) 33 60 3 9 0 0 0 2 3 8 1 0 0 0 5 0 .150 .190 SLG
1942 DET (AL) 39 52 1 8 2 0 0 1 3 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 .154 .200 SLG
1943 DET (AL) 37 65 4 12 2 0 0 5 3 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 .185 .221 SLG
1944 DET (AL) 47 120 10 29 4 0 0 5 6 12 1 0 0 0 6 0 .242 .278 SLG
1945 DET (AL) 40 109 9 28 5 1 0 17 7 10 0 1 0 0 8 0 .257 .302 SLG
1946 DET (AL) 37 103 6 13 3 0 2 11 6 27 1 0 0 0 8 0 .126 .174 SLG
1947 DET (AL) 40 96 5 19 0 0 0 9 15 20 0 0 0 0 3 0 .198 .306 SLG
1948 DET (AL) 39 92 6 19 0 1 0 6 10 14 0 0 0 0 6 0 .207 .284 SLG
1949 DET (AL) 38 91 8 18 3 0 0 6 12 19 0 2 0 0 14 0 .198 .291 SLG
1950 DET (AL) 35 74 6 13 2 0 0 8 5 8 0 0 0 0 5 0 .176 .228 SLG
1951 DET (AL) 17 29 4 9 0 0 0 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 .310 .412 SLG
1952 DET (AL) 26 46 5 10 1 0 0 4 10 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 .217 .357 SLG
1953 DET (AL) 7 8 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .556 SLG
1954 CLE (AL) 26 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .154 .154 SLG
1955 CLE (AL) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
17 years   492 999 71 201 22 2 2 81 89 150 3 3 0 0 72 0 .201 .267 .SLG



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